Pirate dvd

Fugitive

I spent some time on e-bay looking for a genuine copy of Lost season 1.
I thought I'd found one but now that it's arrived I'm 99% sure it's a bootleg
I should have known better but the seller had 100% feedback, it came as a proper boxed set and was sealed.

I've seen the dvds before and was impressed with the qaulity of them. This copy is pixelated and claims to have DTS sound - but doesn't.

I've e-mailed the seller to complain that they are bootleg and asking for a refund but predictably have had no response - they are in Malaysia (I know, I know should have known better)

I paid by Paypal is there any way I can get my money back ?

thanks.

samtman

If you paid by paypal you can. Start a claim not as advertised

Hintza

samtman wrote:

If you paid by paypal you can. Start a claim not as advertised

But then you have to pay to return it to Malaysia!

Fugitive

Hintza wrote:

But then you have to pay to return it to Malaysia!

Would I ? Am I really under an obligation to return illegal goods ?

Hintza

I think if you go down the goods not as described route PayPal will probably insist.

mike230652

Why...do you think because they are ( allegedly ) illegal that you should be allowed to keep them as well as get a refund??

.and remember they may NOT be illegal under Malaysian law......

To be honest...did you seriously expect to get a 100% legitimate copy from Asia???????????

mike

culpepper

I suppose you could report them to ebay as selling pirated goods but I dont know if that would help really as the seller would just reregister under a different name.Also you would probably have no proof they knew the video was pirated as they may buy from a 3rd party.You could leave a neg stating pirated video ,I suppose.

greytroot

Fugie I'm guessing it didn't cost that much, i would write it off as a bad experience and learn from that little mistake.

If no-one made mistakes, no-one would ever learn.

delorean_2

Rule #1. Don't buy any DVD's off eBay. The chances of them being legit are slim to none.

slowen

delorean wrote:

Rule #1. Don't buy any DVD's off eBay. The chances of them being legit are slim to none.

99% of the time if you read the description it will give it away if the DVD's are bootleg as all the DVD's I have purchased have been legit region 1 and 2 DVD's

1) Items coming from Asia are normallly Asian copied imports as there are hardly any copyright laws over there

2) Advertised as multiregion normally indicates that the DVD's are DVD-R or DVD+R copies

3) Anything that is currently on the cinema then you know it is a fake

4) If the seller says ask any questions beforepurchasing as this is a big give away

etc.....

If you are careful on ebay and read the auction details then you should not end up with copies unless you intend to be purchasing them

cantcope

slowen wrote:

3) Anything that is currently on the cinema then you know it is a fake

This isnt necessarilty true. I bought a copy of "an unfinished life" from cdwow before it was even on at the cinema in the UK. Was completely puzzled.

Rubbish film tho!